INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE PART 5 5-18 Section 59 59. Cap. 589 Safeguards for protected products (1) Where any protected product has been obtained pursuant to any prescribed authorization issued or renewed under this Ordinance on an application by any officer of a department, the head of the department shall make arrangements to ensure— (a) that the following are limited to the minimum that is necessary for the relevant purpose of the prescribed authorization— (i) the extent to which the protected product is disclosed; (ii) the number of persons to whom any of the protected product is disclosed; (iii) the extent to which the protected product is copied; and (iv) the number of copies made of any of the protected product; (b) that all practicable steps are taken to ensure that the protected product is protected against unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure or other use; and (c) that, except as otherwise provided in subsection (1A), the protected product— (i) is destroyed as soon as its retention is not necessary for the relevant purpose of the prescribed authorization, unless it is to be or has been provided to the Commissioner in compliance with a requirement imposed under section 53(1)(a) before it is so destroyed; or (ii) if it has been provided to the Commissioner in compliance with a requirement imposed under Last updated date 24.6.2016